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GEORGE W. CHANDLER, OF FITCHBURG, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND LYSANDER F. THOMPSON, -OF SAME PLACE.

Letters .Patent No. 71,852, dated .December 10, 1867.

IMPROVMENTIN LOOM FOR WEAVING- PALM-LEAF, 6to.

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

That I, GEORGE W. CHANDLER, of Fitchburg, in the county of Worcester, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented certain new andl useful Improvements in Looms for Weaving Palm-Leaf, Hair, Rattan &c.; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which* Figure 1 represents a perspective view of my improved loom.

Figure 2 represents a side view of the same.

Figure 3 represents a section on line A B, through the feeding-arm and other parts of the loom, when the arm is thrown forward to seize a piece of palm-leaf or other material.

Figure 4 represents a top view of the device employed to hold and separate the material.

Figure 5 represents a bottom view ot` a partof the device shown in iig. 4.

Figure 6 represents a section on line C D, fig. 4.

Figure 7 represents a. section on line E F, tig. 4; and

Figures 8 and 9 represent sections of detached parts, as will hereafter be explained.

The parts shown in figs. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9, are represented upon an enlarged scale,

To enable those skilled in the art to which my invention belongs to make and use the same, I will proceed to describe it more in detail.

In the drawings, the parts marked A constitute the main frame, which may be constructed of any desired material, and may be varied in form to suit the wishes and tastes of the constructor. Upon frame Aare-supported two shafts, B and C. The former is provided with two cranks, to work the lay of the loom, and a tight pulley, D, and a loose pulley, D. A gear-wheel, D, is also arranged upon shaft B, to meshinto and drive the gear D" upon shaft C, upon which are arranged the harnesscams C C", for giving the proper motion to the treadles and harness-frames, in the usual and well-known manner. E is the warp-heam, and E is the clothbeam. The latter has combined with it the usual mechanism for taking up the cloth as fast as .it is woven, while the'former may have combined vwith it any of the well-known devices for securing a uniform delivery. E is the frame which supports the harness-frames, and EN is the breast or cloth-beam. Straps F F are attached to the roll F and the treadles F, to illustrate the relative positions of the harness-frames when the loom is in operation. Upon one side cf-the loom is arranged the palm-leaf, or other materialholder, G. This holder is supportedupon an adjustable journal, a, and has a weight, G', attached to its lower end, as fully shown in the drawings. i

The upper part ofthe holder G is formed, in this instance, with three ribs, b b, between which the hinged fingers c e work. Fingers c c are hinged between ears d al d, which project up from the front of the top of the holder G, and are supported at their front ends, which are notched out, hy the finger-holding piece G, which is hinged at e, to the back of the upper part of the holder G, and is held up in place, as shown in iig. 2, by

means of 4the spring f, fastened at g, so as to play in a recess or slot formed inthe holder G. The Engerd holding piece G may be made with projections e c', to fit in between the ends of the ribs b b IJ, to give .additional support to 'the ends of the fingers c' c. A plate, t, projects out from the side of the loom, and upon the top of this plate is hinged a grooved ap, z', and in this grooved ilap is fastened the step or guard h', provided with fingers, which project down between' the ingers c c and ribs Z1 b b, when the hinged iiap i is turned down, es shown in the drawings. The object of this holder is to retain the pieces of palm-leaf in proper position, and present them at the proper time to the jaws 1 2, ofthe feed-rod S, thc roar end of which is held in the arm S' by means of a set-screw, j.

The arm Sl is connected to the slide-bar H, the wide square part of which works in the stationary groovcd guide-piece H, which is fastened to the loom-frame upon the opposite side from the palm-leaf holder. From the front side of the slide H projects a hub, 3, which supports a stud, upon which the front end of the connectingrod H is hin-ged, the rear of said connecting-rod being hinged to the top of thc rockingdever I, Which'is journalled between the cars 5 5 of the stund-piece I.

The short arm I of lever I is tted to receive the adjustable'grooved piece or link Il, in the front end of which is the wrist-pin 6, to which the lower end ot' the :onnectingaod J is hinged, the upper end of said rod being hinged to theprojection 7, on the'slide-piece J', which is fltted vto work up and down in a square sleeve, J". The projection 8 of the slide-piece J is connected to the front end of llever K by a hinged connection, 9. Lever K is hinged at itsffrear end to an adjustable piece, 10, fastened in the grooved projection 11 on the loonlpost or frame. From the outer side of lever K projects a stud or pin, which ts into' a cam-groove in the inside of the tight pulley D. The cam-groove in the pulley Dis made of such shape as to give the desired motions to the feed-rods, to draw-in the material, and also the proper rests to allow the lay to beat up the material in the usual manner of Weaving cloth.

y The operation of holding and feeding the palmdeaf or other material into the proper position to be woven or beat up into cloth, is as'follows: The flap c' is turned up, and the fingers c c turned bach. The knife 12 is also elevated by means of handle 13, which is pulled back over the breast-beam. The pieces of material, say palm-leaf, are now laid uponthe ribs b 6 b, with their inner ends projecting in over the stationary knife 14, against which the hinged knife 12 cuts, shear fashion, when itis depressed, by means of handle 13. After a suitable number of4 pieces, le, of palm-leef have been placed upon the ribs Z5, with their inner ends projecting under knife 12, yfingers c c are depressed until their ends strike the projections c' c upon the inside of the hinged catch-piece G", which has been forced back by the downward motion of thefingers c c. As soon as the ends of the fingers c c strike the projectionsc' c', on the piece Gr", the latter is forced forward by sptin-gfinto the notched ends of the fingers c c, and thereby holdsY the fingers in theirdepressed position, as indicated in i the drawings. v

By reference to fig. 3 ofthe accompanying drawings, it will be seen that the strips or pieces, k, of palmn leaf "are arranged or held down flatwise between the fingers c c and ribs b-bf b. 4 The pieces of palm-leaf are caused to assume this position by reason of the action of the fingers which'press down upon the edges of the strips, and thus cause them to turn over'upon their sides. Again, as the iingersfpass down, a little below the tops of the ribs 6, the strips of palm-leaf are slightly bent or curved between the fingers and ribs, as indicated in the drawings, whereby a suflcientV amount of friction is applied to the separateh'pieees, to prevent their-being displaced or imperfeetly drawn from the holder by thc jaws of the feed-arrn S. After the lfingers c c have been depressed upon the strips of palm-leaf, as abovedescribed, the handle 13, of knife 112, is forced back, thereby depressing lknife 12 down past the stationary -knife 14,1by which operation the ends of the strips of palm-leaf are all cut off even, and left'in proper position to be fed to the jaws of the feed-arm or rod S, As lsoon as the ends of the strips are out off, the holder -is allowed to swing back, so as to bring the strips up against the fingers -of the guard-piece 71,', which is turned down, as shown in the drawings, after fingers c e have been pressed down upon the material, as before explained.

The weight G is make adjustable, so that it can lbe moved to cause the holder to press the strips of palmn leaf or other material with more or less force 'against the fingersV on the guard or stop-piece z'. The guard or stop-piece 7L' has a slot, so that it can be adjusted, by means of the screw L", to stop the pieces of palm-leaf at the proper position to be acted upon by thepoint or points of the hinged feed-iinger m, which is hinged at m' te the outer side of the rib m", ofthe slide-piece n, which rests and slides upon the table L, which has two ears nn' upon its under side, by which it is hinged to .the projections u" n", upon the stationary bed-piece L", fastened tothe top of the loom-frame, so that by pulling back the catch o table L can be turned up, together with the mechanism thereon, for the purpose of repairing or readjusting ofthe devices attached thereto.

The oiiice ofthe finger m is to catch, with its point or points a', the endrof one piece of palm-leaf at a time, and draw it back on a line with lche jaws of the feed-arm S, as indicated in iig. 4 of the accompanying drawings, and the back-and-forth motion of the slide-piece u, tol which it is hinged, is obtained as follows: To one leg of the lay is fastened the curved dog 15, which acts as the lay, plays back and forth alternately upon thevarms of the curved lever M, which in turn acts alternately upon the curved levers 'M' M', thereby giving` a reciprocating motion to the slotted piece M", the rounded ends 16 16 of levers M M' fitting into circular recesses in the piece h all as clearly indicated in the drawings. -Levers M and M M' and the slide M are all properly supported from the 'under side of the bed-piece L". Bed-piece L" has two legs or stands L'" L'", which rest vupon the loom-frame A, and thus support the' bed-piece above the frame to give room for the full operation of the levers M M' M between the top of the-frame and the bottom of the bed-piece.V A stationary guide-bolt, 17, passes through slot M' into the bed-piece L", the slide-pieeeM" being supported at one end upon the i head of the bolt, while the other end of theV slide is supported by two double-shouldered dogs 18 18, which pass down through a slot in the bed-piece L", the first shoulders resting and sliding upon the bed, while the second f shoulders are screwed downu )on the slide M", b means of nuts 19, upon the ends of the bolts which ass down l Y P through the slot M'" in thc slide-piece.

It will thus be seen that these double-shouldered bolts can be screwed fast to the slide-piece M", while they can be moved with the slide-piece back and forth, the rst shoulders of the bolt sliding upon the top of ,the bed L", the length between the first and second shoulders being a little more than the thickness of the bed. The bolts 18 18 are set far enough apart to receive the projection 20, on the piece 21, which is fastened to the hinged finger-slide piece n by means of a screw or bolt7 22, which passes through a slot in the rear endet' the piece 21, the latter being made with a projection which passes through a slot in the rear end, L', of the 'table L, as'indicated in fig. 6 of the accompanying drawings, whereby the piece 2l and slide n can be securely fastened together, and yet be free to move back and forth as respects the table L", the projection 23, on the rear end of piece 21, being a little longer than the thickness of table L, to prevent binding of the parts.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that by the simple movement of the lay, back and forth, the

proper motion will be imparted to the slide n, to which the finger ,m is hinged, and it only remains to explain,

the `up-and-down motion ofthe finger, which is necessary in order to clear the point or points a from the material fed.

The rear end of finger m is made with a notched projection, 24, which is pressed up hy a spring, 25, while a curved and hooked lever, 26, is hinged just in rear of linger m, the upper end of lever 26 projecting up between the slotted ears 27 27, which are screwed to the inside of plate L, so that when finger m has been drawn back far enough to draw the end of the palm-leaf back to the proper position, as seen in fig. 4, the upper end of lever 26 strikes against the hack ear 2T, thereby forcing thehooked e'nd of the cver down upon the rear of finger m, and raising the front end and its point from the piece of palm-leaf. Wh n slide n moves forward again, finger m is retained in the elevated position shown in iig. 6, until the upper end strikes against the front ear 2T, when lever 26 is unhooked from the rear of finger m, and the point a of the latter is forced down, by the action of spring 25, upon the next piece of palm-leaf, which is drawn back, and the operation repeated, as above explained. I

The final separating device will new be explained, reference being had more particularly-to lig. 7, which represents a longitudinal central section of the device, a plan view of which is shown in fig. 4.

The front part of the block 2S is recessed or cut ont to receive piece 29, which is hinged, at 30, to the sides of the block 28. The under side of thepiece 29 is, in turn, fitted to receive the check-piece 31, which, in turn,

is hinged to the sides of the piece 29 at the point 32. A spring, 33, is so arranged ns to press up and keep the front end of thepiece 29 down, so that the front end of the check-piece 31 will rest upon the point` of the s etscrew 34. A notched or hooked piece, 35, is hinged to the front ofthc piece 29, and is forced down upon the end of the check-piece 31 by a spring, 36. The front ond of the piece 29 canbe depressed or elevated rela.- tively, as respects the front end of the check-piece 31, by means of screws 37 and 38, while the front end of the check-piece 31 can be adjusted up or down by thc set-screw 34, which is screwed up through the bottom of the block 28, the latter being fastened, by screw 39,'in a groove in table L.

To adjust the separating-device, last above described, for operation, set-screw 34 is turned up far enough to raise the front end of the cheek-piece 31, so that there will only bc space enough between the top of the latter and the bottom of the stationary guard 40 to admit one piece of palm-leaf at a time. After this adjustment has been made, if two or more pieces of palm-lcaf happen to he caught by the point of finger m, when they reach the end of check-piece 31 all but the top piece will be held back, while that will be drawn in under and past the point of the notched finger 35, which yields 4to let the end of the palm-leaf pass under, but falls down as soon as thc latter has been drawn back of its lip, and prevents any lateral displacement of the palm-lcaf, when the jaws of feed-arm or rod S move forward to seize it, and draw it forward between themwarp-threads, to be beat up into cloth in the usual manner. j

41 is a push-linger, the oice of which is to push back the ends of all the pieces of palm-leaf but one at each throw of the feed-arm or rodi The stem'ot push-nager 41 extends through table L, and is made fast to the catch-piece 42, which is acted uponby spring 43 in such a manner that, when free from the catch-lever 44, the push-finger 41 will be turned forward directly in the path of the jaws of. the feed-arm, `so that, when they are moved forward into the position shown in figs. 1 and 2, they force the push-finger back, the point of which forces back the ends of allthe pieces of palm-leaf but the one in line with the feed-jaws, which the latter seizes and draws into the web, as before explained. g l

When the push-finger 41 is forced back byV the feed-jaws, the catch-piece 42, attached to its stem under the table L, is moved so far hack as to he caught by the catch-lever 44, which is forced forward by the spring 46, (see iig. 5, which represents a. bottom view of table L, and the parts connected therewith.) When, however, the slidepiece n moves forward again to let the finger m fall upon another piece of palm-leaf, a projection or piece, 47, (see figs. 5 and 6,) fastened to the under side of the front end of the slide n, strikes the rear end 48 of lever 44, and releases its front end from the catch-piece 42, when spring 43 forces the push-finger back into the path of the.feedjaws again, and the operation is repeated, as above described.

The upper part of the feed-arm S is grooved out, and a spring, 49, is fastened in said groove in such a position as to act upon the hinged jaw 1, to keep it down upon the stationary jaw 2.

The feed-jaws pass under a bridge-piece, 50, on the table L, and, in going under, the rear projection 51`of the hinged jaw comes in contact with the hinged dog 52, which causes thejaw to open and remain so until the dog 52 has beenpasscd, when the jaw falls, or is forced down by spring 49, upon the end of a piece of palmleaf, under which the stationary jaw has passed, the latter working in a recess cut in table L, so as to be below the 'lower side of the piece of'palm-lcaf which is to be seized between the jaws. i A

When the feed-arm S is withdrawn, the hinged dog 52 swings back, and lets the hinged jaw pass under without beingl opened; but, as soon as the jaws are clear of the dog, the latter i's forced back by the bell-spring 53, fastened to the top of thc bridge-piece 50. Alfter the piece of palm-leaf has been drawn in far enough to be acted upon by the reed, the projection 51 of the hinged jawfis drawn under the inclined end of the dog 54, fastened in the guide-piece 55, through which the feed-arm S passes, which causes the jaw to open and release the piece of palm-leaf, which is then carried forward by the reed, and the harnesses are sprung to prepare the warp-threads for another piece of palmdeaf, which is drawn in at the proper time, as above explained.

For the purpose of stopping the loom when a piece of palm-leaf has been missed, or all the material has been drawnfrom the holder, a stand, 56, is fastened to the frame of the loom, upon which a pin, 57, works to keep the lower end of the stop-piece 58 elevated when the lay is back, the stop-piece 58 being hinged at its upper end in a slot in the frame 59, attached to tbe upper part of the lay. When,however, the lay moves for" ward to beat up the piece of palm-leaf, pin 57 moves down over thefront of the guide-piece 56, and, if the piece of palmleaf is in proper position, 'the lower end of the stop-piece 58 will strike against the piece of palm-leaf,

`and will be retained in the position shown in red lines, dg. 9, the piece of palm-leaf resting against the frame 59, (see red lines, g. 9.) In case, however, the palm-leaf has been missed, or has not been drawn in by the jaws, then the stop-piece will swing down, and the long arm 60 will forceback the catch-piece 61, which releases the rod 62 ini-.the breast-beam, which, in turn, will be forced out by a. spiral or other spring, and the shipperhandle 63 moved to ship the belt from the tight pulley D to the loose pulley D. The rod 62 has a notch cut in it, into which the long arm ofthe catch-piece 61 is forced by a spring, 6l, when the shipper-handle 63 is drawn in toput the loom in motion. l

A stand, N, provided with a piecepf rubber or other elastic material, fr, for the lever I to strike against, is arranged back oflever I, as shown in iig. 1. By this arrangement much jarring is prevented. The rear of the slotted or grooved guide-piece H may be supported by a stand, O. A guide-piece, s, may be applied to the side ofthe ribbed holder G, under which to pass the ends of the pieces of palm-leaf, as shown in the drawings; and this guide-piece may be made adjustable, so that it can be raised and lowered, to leave a greater or less space between it and the inner rib 6.

It will be observed that, when the lever K is depressed, the slide-piece J and the connection J will be depressed also, whereby lever I will be thrown forward to move the feed-arm Sinto the positions shown in figs. I and 3; and, when lever K isielevated, the motions of the same parts will be reversed.

To give Vthe holder G a slight vibratory motion just before the linger m falls to feed the material, it is provided with a notched bar, w, into which a spring-porvi, t, works. Pawl t is tted in a sheath hinged to a stud fastened in the slot M of the piece M, and connected to the arm 70 by a ilexiblejoint, 71. Pawl tis forced out into the notched bar w by a spiral spring. The vibratory motion of the sheath is sufficient to .cause the pawl t to leave vthe notched bar in time to. let the holder G swing back to .bring the pieces vet' palm-leaf up against the ngers of the guard or stop-piece t before the feeding of the palm-leaf takes place at such time. This motion of the holder tends to loosen and separate the pieces of material being fed.

It will be noticed that nearly all the parts connected with the holding and feeding'of the material and the throwing of the feed-arm are made adjustable, whereby great accuracyof adjustment can be obtained. The form of lever M is such as to give the proper rests to the feeding-mechanism, to enable the other parts of the loom to operate properly. The front of the hinged table L rests, when down "in the positionshown in fig. I, upon a shoulder or projection on the inside of the stand-piece 72, which rises up from the bed L, so that all the parts thereon are supported in a firm manner. l

Y I Having described my improved loom Afor weaving palm-leaf and other material,'what I claim therein as new and of my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The hinged holder G, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. The combination of Lthe hinged fingers c c with the ribs 5 6 6, substantially as and for thepurposes set forth.

`3. The combination of the adjustable weight G with the bottom of the holder, for the purposes set forth.

4. The combination, with the hinged fingers e c, ot' the hinged holding-piece Gr, substantially as and for the purposes set, forth.

5. The fingered stop or guard-piece li', with the holder G, substantially as andfor the purposes set forth.

6. The combination, with the stand or plate L, of the grooved hinged flap z', for supporting the guard or stop-piece h.

7. The combination, with the ribbed holder G, of the guide-piece s, asand for the purposes .set forth.

8.; The combination of the feed-arm m with the slide-piece n and lever 26, substantially as and furthe pur poses set forth.

9. The combination, with lever 26, of the adjustable ears 27 27, for'the purposes stated.

10. The combination, with slide-piece n and table L, of the connecting-piece 21, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

11. The combination, with the slotted slide-piece M a'nd connectingpiece 21, ofl the double-shouldered bblts 18 18, substantially as and for the purposes set forth. i

12. The combination, withthe curved lever M, and the slide-piece M, of the bent levers M M', substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

13. The combination, with the arm 70 and notched bar w, of the spring-pawl t, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

14. Mechanism for separating the pieces of material to be fed, constructed and combined for operation substantially as' described, andas shown in iig. 7 of vvthe accompanying drawings. l

15. The combination, with a. loom for weaving palm-leaf and other cloth, of a push-finger, 4l, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

16. The combination, with the stom of the push-nger 41,'of the catch-piece 42, lever 44, and operatingsprings 43 and 46, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

" 17. The combination, with the'slide n, of the projection or dog 47, for releasing lever 46 from thc catch-A piece 42, as set forth.

18. The combination, with the hinged table L, of the mechanism forseparating and feeding the material, substantially as set forth.

19. i The combination, vwith the stationary bed L and stand 72, ofthe hinged table and catch o, substantially as set forth. i l

2li-'The Combination and relative arrangement, with ythe table -L, bed L, and holder Gr, of the evener- 1 'knives 12 and 14, as shown and set forth.

21. The combination, with tho bridge-piece 50, of the hinged dog 52 and l.Jell-spring 53, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

22. The combination and relative arrangement of mechanism, substantially such as is shown and described, for communicating the proper motions to the feed-arm S from lever K.

23. The combination, with a. loom for weaving palm-leaf, of mechanism, substantially such as shown and described, for stopping the loom, as set forth.

GEO. W. CHANDLER.

Witnesses:

THos. H. DoDGE, D. L. MILLER. 

